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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-29
The DereIict Outy-Dodger.

The biz raft. which has occupied 50 much
attention of late. has zone to pieces. and i
scattered over a wide waste OF waters. As it
was scheme to eVa,lc duties and take bread ont
Of the mouths of the owners of coastin9 vessel,
the only mournerS will he the timber >pecllIa-
tors. The raft consisted of 10000 pieces of
spruce timber bound together hya complex >v>-
I IN of chains. 1t weighed 5000 tons and was
The largest floating body ever launched upon the
ocean. being longer and wider than the steamer
Great Eastern and - times a. heavy. Ii
was built and launched Oh one of the arms of
the Bay of Fundy near Port .Ioggin>. Nova
Scotia. The steamer Miranda undertook TO
tow the raft to New York. but had TO abandon
it during a storm Dee. 18th OF Nantucket
shoals Several steamers We're sent in search
of the raft and the l.. :. steamer Enterprise
Capt. NcAuley succeeded. When the Enter
prise was 49, miles southeast by south from
the shoals, She fell iii with an immense number
OF log> from the raft. proving beyond Il doubt
that the raft had broken up. The steamer wa,
among the LOGS all day and part OF Friday
night. None of the logs were dashed together.
with the tide. The Io@> are not in the line of
ocean steamships ami Captain MrAucy does
not fear any damage. 1t i thought that in
coming vessels will come 10 the north of the
present location of the logs. although they may
meet them i'll The suf stream.
The Prog Age stands alone among the pa
per> OF the state. 50 far is We have seen in
attacks upon the late Governor Bodwell
''BlIndcr> and Mistakes "ony Il political
tool. IA Conscientious bigot. and "a poor
Governor" are among the term, applied to Il
mn whose death wa universally regretted
and 10 whose memory unwonted tributes had
party. EX-tioFcrnor Pai~tet, although po-
litiral opponent does not feel called upon to
a>>al the dead. He says, in the New Age
The public funeral of Joseph K. Bodwell
Tuesday, from the capital of the State. was Il
grand tribute to the mans worth. and aS touch
me rs il was grand. II was marked Nv every
sign OF deep and fond regret, niNcr>al and all
pervadin@, embracing all parties and sccts: the
high and the low. the rich and poor alike. Ger
tainlN II Is altogether probable, the death OF no
other citizen in the history Of our State ever
made 50 deep AN i'm PRESTON upon the public
mind. NAT wa there in this mans life 10
call forth 50 much of general public sympathy
and sorrow. and what The lesson and moral Of
ii All: Ii was the great and good qualities of
his head and heart a> a business man. that
made him 80 esteemed in life and 20 regretted
in death.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-29
The Pilotage Laws.

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been making an earnest ii Int in Congress. 10
secure a modification Of the piIotage laws. 80
i'T a. tiiGN rGltG To -ther'Tah 'oa>'"iNe >'i!-
have been ,h., le~it,mot, nrry of ,,tat, nijot.
and have been compelled TO pay enorInou> tii-
.te 10 .'it 2fe't ,ttline't Vi mp o" i'eI> en-
the master of a Maine rou>tiuc vessel. making
port any where ON the Atlantic coast. south
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teri may know the channels. and 10 uav pilot
age ices "hirn are out OF reason. his i CONF
ha, MOT hc,.t, all,' tn rnnct ti. ;,,i,r,ti, fn
the moment n movement was nlade the power
iul iopi'f oi 'ne A>Socaten 'iiols appeared. and
lie liz. intrnIura - lii ,ii,l .l If rrf.,r,. ,'
the committee on commerce. Of which he is
ti"iIah' ProNlhiiS ti't' lia9'tfS ;iiH liiile> OF
Ly lnr,i insnn.tnrS men, H. I.cn.eI ~. 'iiot.
and no such vessel. plotted hy such master or
.i'"tt' >nail ne ooli2eu 10 iahc announcer plto', OF
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-29

Higgins would have it appear that he RESIN
ed of his own free will. but il i believed that
the Administration is loading for the campaign
and was Obliged to throw Higgins overheard.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-29

Personal. Among the l4lfast people who
came home to spend Christmas We're Mr.. VIM. C.
Thompson from New York; ii. l.. knonlton fr"ma
Harvard College; George a. Bailey from Tufts
college; Charles A. Hartman, Waltham; Frank
knowlton, Fred Southworh and Fred Richards,
Boston; J. w. Mitchell, Dirigo College Augusta;
Frank Il. Mathews, Boston. Mr.. Chas X. llarri
son. of this city, has gone to Westmoreland county,
New Brunswick, on business. Mr. Hiram Bran
hail. of Brockton, Mass, came to Belfast last week
to spend the holidays with relatives. .Represcn-
tativc Millikcn has taken apartments in Washing
ton on Fourteenth street, adjoining the Hamilton,
where he will be joined by Mrs. Mlliken and his
daughter, Miss Maud Milliken, after the holidays
are over :. Mr.. Edward o. Thorndike is director
and basso of the choir of the First Reformed Epis-
copal Church, of Boston. The Christmas music
at this church was very fine. Charles OConne
left Monday for a trip to the West, and will be
absent several weeks. MIR. Ben Haze ltine has
also gone West. EN- Mayer Swan and his daugh-
ter Miss Annnbcl, are visiting in Boston. and Will
be absent Il week or more. Joseph Williamson
.Jr. is at home from Bowdoin college, for the ho
days. Miss Annie l.. Wildcs spent Christmas
with relatives in DiNmont.. Mr.. L. +. Higgins,
of East Thorndikc, graduated from Dirig Com
mercial College at Augusta last Thursday Chas.
Sturtevant, the popular clerk OF the Augusta
House, Augusta, and well known in this city, re
ceved Christmas present from the boarders Of
SO in gold...Wc sorry to learn that Mr.. +. q.
Dow, by reason of i'll health has been obliged to
give up his employment at Lynn Mass, and re-
turn to his home in Monroe. Mr.. Dow is an active
Good Templar and a strong writer on temperance
topics. MIR. John shorcy, formerly of Waldo,
but now of White sulphur Springs, Montana,
where he is engaged in the furniture business, at
home Il visit Mr. Martin Mixer, OF this
city, is at home from Lynn, Mass, where heshas
good express business -. Herbert Field, OF this
city, is at home from Bowdoin college and will
main over the holidays. Miss Ella May John
son. of this city, who Is In the villa Maria Convent
at Montreal has so far advanced in her studies as
to be able to write to her parents In the German
| language ...Mr. Bliss Coombs, Of New York, son
of Capt. Arphaxad Coombs, Is visiting here. Mr..
COombs is engaged in the ship brokerage business
| in New York. MIR. Michael Heating returned
home Tuesday from Watervllc where his brother
william resides. The latter is ill.....Mr. and
Mrs Hugh W. Harris are at home for a short time.
Mr.. Harris is attending medical school In Yer
/ mont. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas GanaOn and son, Of
this city, are visiting In Jersey City.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-29

a handsome appearance. The center of the church
was reserved for them. There was a good sized
audience present The exercises were as follows
lst Organ voluntary. 2d. Anthem, "Abiding in
the Field 81. Reading of Psalm A: lis. 4th
Invocation. 9TH. Hymn, "The Song of the An
gels" 9Th. Responsive reading, which included
ChIiet's birth, his death and resurrection It'll
Prayer. sth Response. 9Th. Hymn, "Christ
Welcomed. 10TH Sermon by Rev. Geo. L. Tufts
The text was from Matthew 2G. "And thou Beth
lchem, in the land of Juda, are not the least
among the princes of Jula; for out of thee shall
come Governor that shall rule my people Israel"
The pastor stated the object of the Templars of
old, which was to defend the Christian religion
and overcome its enemies. lie spoke of Christ
and the influence of Christianity over the civilized
world and said that without it nothing can be &C
complished. In abiding to Masonry, the pastor
said Take away the Bible and there would be
nothing left of the order. 1t is always opencd
upon the affairs of Masonry, and is carried in the
public streets. The Templars of today are as
ready to defend the Christian religion as were
those of old. lie said there are to-day 10000
protestant clergymen preaching the word of God.
Christianity raises annually s6,OOO,OOO for home
and foreign missions. In the United States there
are about l0,OOO00O children in the Sunday school,
with 600 teachers teaching the word of God.
of the spread of the gospel he said that there
have been nine churches dedicated every day in
the year in the United States in the past nine
years. The sermon was very able one and was
highly appreciated by the knights and all in at.
tendance. 18th. Reading of the Apostle Creed.
18th. Anthem, "Songs Of Praise" 18th. Berc-
dction. At the close the pastor announced that
the regular contribution would be taken up, but
that the visitors were not expected to contribute
The knights felt aggrieved at this and one of their
number taking his chapeau passed 1t among the
Knights and obtained liberal collection.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-29

SHIPPING ITEMS. The tug Storm King lowed in
to IIyannis Friday sch. A. IIayford, New York for
Belfast coal laden with loss of ru,idcr and leak
ing. Capt. X. W. Warren of the A. IIayfor re
ports struck an obstruction when OF Bass River
light Thursday afternoon, which he thinks is al,
old wreck, lying In about ten feet of water. Capt
Warren tclegraphed to the owners here. and Mr..
Daniel Lane started by Fridays boat for Iiyannis,
to look after the vessel Sch John Ieuthal, Capt
Samuel Parker, Is being rebuilt at Portsmouth, n.
ii :. Capt. White, of sch. Helen, is at home. His
vessel has been hauled up for the winter at Boston
=. The Fannie & Edith Capt. Ryder has been
hauled up at this port. Brig Katahdin, Capt
IIazeltine, and is now in Dyers dock where she
will undergo general repairs =. There are about Il
dozen vessels hauled up at Bucksrort for the win
ter and four at Winterport. They will be put in
good condition during the cold weather for bust
ness in the spring and summer. The Portland
Press OF Dec 2lst, says: "The four masted sch
POcahOntas of the largest vessels in the coast
ing business, arrived in port yesterday morning
She brings a cargo of 2l0O tons of Cumberland
coal. MIR. q. W. Cottrel has been to Boston and
saw Capt. Hodgdon, of the dismasted sch. Day
light. He says the disaster occurred in singular
manner. The vessel was by the wind and going
about five knots. There heavy sea at the
time and the vessel was pitching into it hca, on
The sheets were very flat, and the masts were
literally pitched out of her. The mizzcn first
broke in the jaws of the gait, and when the dc
tached portion fell 1t broke of the head Of the
mainmast The foremost held. The mainmasl
broke Il second time near the deck and went over
board. The spanker boom fell down and broke
one of the davts. 1t is thought the vessels sheets
were too fiat, the masts not having any play The
Daylight has been rugged and is now ready for
sea-. Capt. Pitcher has taken charge of sch
Mary, of Belfast, In place of Capt. Snow who will
remain ashore for awhile The latest from sch.
A. Hayford, at Hyannis. is that the lelk has been
stopped by diver. Coal freights are up and are
still advancing Capt. Foss of sch. J. c. Smith, of
Belfast, writes from Baltimore that he has been
offered $2.lO per ton and discharge from Baltimore
for Portland. He thinks by the time his vessel is
discharged he can get still more.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-29

OBITuA Mrs. Martha j. wife of Mr.. +. W g.
Pratt, died saturday morning Of typhoid pncumo-
MIA aged - years. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt came to
Belfast from Stoncham Mass, when the Belfast
shoe factory opened, and have resided here since.
Mrs. Pratt's maiden name was Dixie and her fami-
ly Is among the most enterprising people Of stone
ham. While living In Belfast Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt
have made many friends, and Mr. Pratt says he
shall pass the remainder of his days here. The
funeral services were held sunday afternoon. Rev.
Geo. +. Tufts, OF the Baptist church, officiating.
Monday morning the remains were taken to stone
ham for burial. Mr.. and Mrs. O. q. Crichctt, and
Mrs. Charles L. Richards accompanied Mr.. Pratt
to Massachusetts. Mr. George L. Dixie, Of stone
ham, came to Belfast and returned with the re
mains OF his sister The Weekly sun, OF
SAN Francisco California, Says Mrs. Sadie
E., the beloved wife of police officer Hollis,
departed this life Tuesday last ut her residence,
1882 Howard street, aged % years OF consumption.
She was n most estimable lady and was highly
esteemed hy a large circle of friends, who sadly
mourn her loss. The grief of the bereaved husband
is great and he has the sympathy of all in this sad
hour of his atlliction The funeral took place last
Wednesday and was attended by a large circle of
friends" Mr. Fred H. Hollis was a Belfast boy
and has been a resident Of California for about
twelve years. Mrs. Hollis was II native Of Waldo
boro. MIR. James H. Young who died ut East
Boothbay on Thursday last. aged is years, was Il
son of Capt James Young, of Belfast, and broth
er Of Mrs. Samuel A. Howes. Mr.. Young n
black smth and learned his trade with 5. A. Blod-
gett of this city Mrs A W. simpson died last
Friday night. The funeral took place Monday at
her late residence on Northport avenue Rev. Geo
+. Tufts officiating. Mrs. simpson leaves a
husband, who has been IN California for several
years, a daugher, Mi Nellie Simpson. and wide
circle OF relatives and friends to mourn her loss
She was good woman In every sense, lindhcart
el generous and charitable and her death Is sincere
regretted by all who knew her.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-29

Is III course OF construction. Inc town Nuttu t1
raise money to aid in building IT and the members
of the Engine Co, aided 10y some of the citizens,
are doing the work.
EAST TnoRNnkE. COLTS are quite prevalent.
49,. school in Dist. No. is progressing timely nndr
the instruction of Ross {. Higgins The Good
Tempars Christmas tree last saturday evening
was success The hall Was crow ded and a good
programme was given, after which santa Claus
came i'll and distributed the presents. The h,ttn
be taken OF was worsted quilt, which WAS Il
present to Rev. u. Bracket and wife, from their
friends. Rcv. u. Bracket preached at the
Friends meeting house last sunday from Isaiah
90 The meetings have been changed ami are no"
held on the second and fourth sundays at +, NJ.
The Bible class meets at on each meeting day
and social meeting is held at the close Of the
preaching service %. Mrs Joseph stevens w'- in
Waterville last week on visit to her daughter.
Mrs X j. knowlton...,C- +. Higgins arrived
home from Augusta last Friday night.
PROSPECT MIR. Augustus kingsbury died last
THURSDAY aged about "a years He was the last of
a family of nine children OF Eeazcr kingshury
who died aged 40 years and OF his wife. who died
at the age OF A. wears. All of the family have now
passed from earth Mr.. Elcazcr kingsbury was
abrother of William kingsbuly of the New YORK
settlement, ono of the hardy pioneers OF that sec
ton and also Of George kingsbury, just over the
line in Frankfort. The Christmas tree aud cNhl
bition ut the Clark schoohouse saturday evening
last was n very enjoyable occasion. There was
enough OF everything in the way OF useful presents
and trinkets for the children To set up quite
store 40 years ago The exhibition was gotten up
at short notice by the scholars and residents OF
that section. Many OF the young folks did exceed
ingly well for 80 little practice. Among the easy,
pretty speakers were Misses Lizzie Clark and Jen
ME Ward, Miss Penil. ton and Miss Littleicld anu
others We cannot name. Two young fellows,
Harding and Litteheld, did justice to the come
specalties, and the Clark minstrel band was excel
lent. Every body Is taking advantage OF the
good weather to start up hens to lay ant, many
have succeeded More eggs are sold thus far than
In wears past. :. The weather has been favorable
for fattiny pigs and poultry...'ln last week
| Journal 1t should have read South Branch Grange
instead of Sandy Stream Grange, In the Grange re
port :. We would like to know If any one in town
| ever knew of man by the name of J. +. Dyer e"i
| living in town. Please answer this week a"'
obligc +. Partridge.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

OFFICIAL NoT1cE.-I, John NJ. Stall
ings, President of the Grand State
Union, by the request of several mem
bers of the Executive Committee,
have called the Executive Committee
to meet in Shreveport, on the first
Tuesday in January, 1883, at 10
o'clock A. M. 1t being the 3rd day of
the month. All the members are re-
quested to be present on the above
day and date, as there will be impor-
tant business to attend to, such as
receiving the votes on New Constitu-
tion from the Subordinate Unions.
ALI Unions are requested to make
their returns to the chairman of the
committee before the above day and
date. 1 request that all attend to
this matter at an early day as posi-
BILE. All parties having business with
the committee, are notified to be
present. J. M. STALLINGs,
President State Union.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Buenos Ayres, the capital of the
Argentine Republic, is one of the
largest and finest cities in the world.
It has 100000 people, five great
railway trunk lines, 1872 miles of street
railways, more telephones in proper
ton to population than any other city
in the world, and more electric lights
in proportion than New York or Bos-
ton. There are nine splendid theaters,
which are patronized by a large con-
stituency. Twenty-one daily news
papers, metropolitan in enterprise and
appearance, furnish the news.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22
State Press Comment.

Whose parracidal hand was raised
against his native parish, when Qua
chita was Africanized, in the interest
of the third termer the other day?-
Clinton Democrat.
The Ring faction were the first to
cry out for white supremacy, the first
to introduce negroes to vote in the
Democratic primaries, the first to
bolt, and it will be the first to en-
counter defeat on the 10th of next
January.-A5beville Meridional.
1t is reported that lots of Doodle
have been put up to carry this parish
on the 9th, in favor of the ring +;
and every honest man, everyone who
is opposed to bribing voters, and
having the country governed by a
system of bribery and political
swindling, should come out and vote,
st. Landry Democrat.
The McEnery crowd denouncing
the evils of fraud and trickery in
political affairs is inst too awfully
cheeky for anything. A set of polit
ical sharpers, who have reduced DO
litical jugglery to a fine art, who
have lived and fattened by it, they
now warn the dear people of it's
evil effects because there is proba.
bility that some of their own pet
tricks are to be used against them.
1t Is a pity thet Judas Iscariot did
not live long enough to write lee
ture On the sin of treachery. It
would make good companion piece
for some of the hysterical articles
that have recently appeared in the
administration journals.--Democratic
(Natchitoches) Reuieac.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Times-Democrat: This section has
millions of acres Of land which can
he proftably devoted to cattle raising.
1t is cheap, and as soon as the bust
ness OF stealing government land
upon which to raise cattle has come
to an end, the men who want to 20
into business in legitimate way will
be turning their attention to the
Southern lands. The South is well
able to raise all the cattle the country
needs; and will do so wheu the ranch
system is broken up.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

At the election held in Bienville
parish last week Nichols received 598
votes and Moncure 3S7 votes. Al
though q majority of the popular
vote Of the parish is for Nichols, a
majority of the delegates are for
Moncure, and Nichols loses the del
egatation from Bienyille. {
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

The way in which lotteries abolish
poverty was showna good many years
ago, when the French Government
abolished letteries,. and within few
months the deposits in savings banks
ran up to double and triple what they
had previously been.. The AntiPov-
erty Society doesn't go to work in the
right way to justify its name.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Senator Turpie, of Indiana, is said
10 be an ADLER man and to have q
sharper tongue than Senator Voor-
hees. IF so he'll do to bet on in a
rough and tumble debate in the SEN
ate. It isn't an easy matter for a
man to be the superior Of Dan Voor-
hees in that particular.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

The farmers of Louisiana ought to
reduce tie areas given to crops. This
would enable them to manure their
crops more highly and to give them
better cultivation, thus insuring bet
ter returns. In large areas under cul-
tiyation, the expenses increase at a
more rapid rate than the profits; and
where there is failure in a crop,
planted on large scale, the conse-
quences are, of course, far more dis
astrous,: and mech more difficult to
recover from.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Louisiana is the only State in the
Union governed by a Code of Laws
all the others have adopted the Com
mon Law procedure. from the old
English Law. This State, having
once belonged 10. France, fashioned
lis laws similar to the Code Napoleon
-s-generaf collection Of laws, and
has ever since sustained it.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22
Treasurer Burke is a brainy man

Treasurer Burke is brainy man,
so they say. Sometimes,
He bats his hook with tigers tails,
And sits on rock and bobs for whales"
and then caught s. D. MeEnery. And
sometimes,
HE baats his hook with mites of cheese,
And sits on a kennel and bobs for fieas.''
and canght-well, we will not say,
for as Dogberry says, comparisons
are odorous-"
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Referring 10 the primary election in
Lafayette parish last week, the Ad-
vertiser says ut didn't amount to the
dignity of race-it was simply a
walk over" for Nichols.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

The Philadelphia Record enthusi-
astically and truthfully says: "This
is q big country, and it has a big man
at its head It is the peoples coun-
try, and the people, not the monopo-
lists, have President"
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Gen. Robert Toombs, of Georgia,
often boasted that during his eighteen
years in the United States Congress
he never obtained dollar as an ap-
preparation for his District.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

j. A. Ramsey and J. E. Trimble, of
Farmerville, Union parish, shot and
killed each other Monday evening
The trouble grew out of the present
gubernatorial campaign.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Tariff legislation for the past quar-
ter Of q century has been solely in
the interest of the few. The time
has eeme now for giving the many a
showing.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Horizontal Bill Morrison is
now within sight of seven" with
some of his shallow-pated defamers.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

The National Republican Conven-
ton will meet in Chicago on June 10
of next year, and nominate the man
who will be defeated In the Presi-
Dental race.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Ecoaemy in the expenditure of the
peoples money is demanded by con-
sIerations of eouanon honesty.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

The absence of Mr. Malone from
the Senate Of the Fiftieth Congress
is certainly cheering indication of
progress.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

Democracy is of more Importance
than the name or services Of any
individual.
The Bossier banner., 1887-12-22

The Erie Canal of New York State,
established in 1925, and made abso-
lutely free for all fifty years later, af-
ter having accumulated sinking
fundof s24, SOC, 600 for its permanent
support, is over three hundred miles
long The tolls were always placed
at a minimum.